President Awards Reception is at Fiddler's Elbow in Bedminster on Oct. 23
The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce announced that four state legislators – two Democrats and two Republicans – will receive the Chamber’s biannual Legislator of the Year Awards. The State Chamber further announced that Dennis Wilson, President and CEO of Delta Dental of New Jersey, has been named its Business Advocate of the Year.
Gov. Phil Murphy has made reforming New Jersey Transit a big priority.
He is high on making New Jersey a major player in wind energy.
And his administration is working on a new set of business incentives to lure and retain companies and new jobs to the Garden State.
The Murphy administration will be sensitive to increases on the cost of energy as it takes steps to meet its clean energy goals, said Joseph L. Fiordaliso president of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.
The questions that Linda Bowden posed to the governor were pertinent and challenging, and elicited candid remarks from the governor on where the state stands regarding the stronger and fairer economy.
The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce's Liberty Gala on September 25 celebrated the 10th anniversary of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, and honored the military heroes of New Jersey dating back to the Revolutionary War.
New Jersey is rejoining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), permitting offshore wind facilities and promoting the use of electric vehicles to “address the challenges of climate change,” said state Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Catherine R. McCabe during a breakfast roundtable on Sept. 17 presented by the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce and the NJBIA.
The N.J. Chamber of Commerce was saddened to learn of the passing of State Sen. Anthony Bucco on Monday night.
Sen. Bucco was a faithful and stalwart public servant in the state legislature, as mayor of his hometown of Boonton and as a Morris County Freeholder. The N.J. Chamber was proud to recognize Sen. Bucco with our Legislator of the Year Award in 2013.
It was an evening of baseball, burgers and beer on July 30 for the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce’s newly created networking group of professionals under the age of 40. The young professionals met in a private luxury suite at a Trenton Thunder game for lively conversation, the exchanging of business cards and some great food and beverages.
- 2019-07-29
- NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
The head of the state’s Economic Development Authority got an earful Monday from lawmakers questioning if an administration critical of New Jersey’s corporate tax incentives was withholding promised tax breaks from businesses.
State Sens. Bob Smith, D-Middlesex, and Declan O’Scanlon, R-Monmouth, said at a Statehouse hearing Monday they have been fielding complaints from New Jersey businesses whose tax credits are past due and are concerned the EDA is not paying out.
“No. 1, is that true? No. 2, how many are we talking about?” Smith asked EDA CEO Tim Sullivan.
- 2019-07-22
- NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Rutgers University President Robert Barchi is stepping down after this school year and will formally announce his decision at Tuesday’s Board of Governors meeting, he told NJ Advance Media in an exclusive interview Monday.